Bushfire 2016: Full Program Tuesday 27 th September 1500 1800 Registration Aung San Suu Kyi Conference Centre, Union Complex Building 21C (Union Complex, Building 21C) Wednesday 28 th September 0700 1050 Registration 0845 1020 PLENARY SESSION Abel Smith Lecture Theatre (Building 23) Chair: Dr Samantha Lloyd (SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium) 0845 Welcome to Country 0855 Welcome and Opening 0910 Opening Address: Professor Hugh Possingham, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland 0930 Keynote Presentation: Professor Ross Bradstock, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfire, University of Wollongong A tale (mostly) of one city: toward a comprehensive understanding of bushfire risks, present and future. 1020 1050 Morning Tea: Union Complex, Building 21C 1050 1300 THEME 1: Fire and Risk Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Andrew Sturgess (Qld Fire and Emergency Services) THEME 2: Cultural Burning and Traditional Custodian Fire Projects Building 23, Abel Smith Lecture Theatre Chair: Oliver Costello (TBA) THEME 3: Engaging with Community for Improved Fire and Land Management Outcomes Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Craig Welden (SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, Qld) Holistic bushfire management at a continental scale: Achieving consistency & improvements Cuong Tran Ten Rivers, Qld Cultural Pathways of Fire Oliver Costello and Marcus Ferguson TBA and Ngunya Jargoon Indigenous Protected Area, Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council Connecting Community and Koala using Phoenix Rapid Fire Phillip Patterson Rural Fire Service, NSW
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Bushfire 2016: Full Program
Tuesday 27th September
1500 -‐ 1800 Registration
Aung San Suu Kyi Conference Centre, Union Complex Building 21C (Union Complex, Building 21C)
Wednesday 28th September
0700 -‐ 1050 Registration
0845 -‐1020 PLENARY SESSION
Abel Smith Lecture Theatre (Building 23)
Chair: Dr Samantha Lloyd (SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium)
0845 Welcome to Country
0855 Welcome and Opening
0910 Opening Address: Professor Hugh Possingham, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
0930 Keynote Presentation: Professor Ross Bradstock, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfire, University of Wollongong A tale (mostly) of one city: toward a comprehensive understanding of bushfire risks, present and future.
1020 -‐ 1050 Morning Tea: Union Complex, Building 21C
1050 -‐ 1300 THEME 1: Fire and Risk Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Andrew Sturgess (Qld Fire and Emergency Services)
THEME 2: Cultural Burning and Traditional Custodian Fire Projects Building 23, Abel Smith Lecture Theatre Chair: Oliver Costello (TBA)
THEME 3: Engaging with Community for Improved Fire and Land Management Outcomes Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Craig Welden (SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, Qld)
Holistic bushfire management at a continental scale: Achieving consistency & improvements Cuong Tran
Ten Rivers, Qld
Cultural Pathways of Fire Oliver Costello and Marcus Ferguson
TBA and Ngunya Jargoon Indigenous Protected Area, Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council
Connecting Community and Koala using Phoenix Rapid Fire Phillip Patterson
Rural Fire Service, NSW
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TBC Justin Leonard
CSIRO, Vic
Fire Planning for the Katiti Petermann IPA : Family Fire Country Jane Blackwood, Tracey Guest, Selina Kulitja Bernard Bell and Raymond James
Central Lands Council, NT
Landholders linking through Landcare for landscape fire planning in the Queensland Murray Darling Basin for carbon, production & biodiversity Rhonda Toms-‐Morgan, Col Paton, Peter Thompson, Lynda Hardwick, Roxane Blakley and Donna Hurley
SABRE Fire -‐ A Stochastic Simulation-‐based Fire Spread Decision Support System Ben Twomey Queensland Fire & Emergency Services, Qld.
Cultural fire landscapes on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) Dave Kington, Darren Burns and Dr Paul Williams
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation and Vegetation Management Science, Qld
Capacity Building in the Surat Basin Murray Abel
Powerlink, Qld
Managing ecological risks in prescribed burning Wayne Kington and Adrian Pyrke
Australian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council, Vic
Winba = Fire: Developing a fire & seasons calendar for Wattleridge IPA Michelle McKemey and Lesley Patterson
University of New England & Banbai Employment Development Aboriginal Corporation, NSW
CFA Fire-‐Scape: Social factors in Community Fire Management Mike McStephen
Wellington Shire Council, Vic
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Implementing a Risk Based Approach to Fire Management in Victoria Frazer Wilson
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Vic
Minyumai Rangers use fire & burning to convert a long-‐grazed & weed dominated clearing back into coastal forested wetland vegetation Daniel Gomes, Justin Gomes, Daniel Wilson, Belinda Gomes, Emma Wilson, Kesha Wilson and Lilly Wilson
Minyumai Land Holding Aboriginal Corporation, NSW
Can citizens accurately report on fuel hazard? Dr Ernst Kemmerer and Mark Wisniewski
Cradle Coast NRM, Tas
The application of economics in US wildfire management Dr Tyron Venn*, David Calkin and Matt Thompson
University of the Sunshine Coast*, Qld and the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USA
TBC Building Partnerships and Facilitating Change for Improved Fire Management: The South East Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium Model Craig Welden
South East Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, Qld
1300 -‐ 1400 Lunch: Union Complex, Building 21C
1400 -‐ 1450 PLENARY SESSION
Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Building 23
Chair: TBC
Keynote Presentation: Dr Neil Burrows, Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia Managing Fire in the New Millenium
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1450 -‐ 1550 THEME 1 continued: Fire and Risk Building: Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Cuong Tran (Ten Rivers)
THEME 2 continued: Cultural Burning and Traditional Custodian Fire Projects Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Bld 23 Chair: Oliver Costello (TBA)
THEME 4: Fire Ecology Building: Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Dr Penny Watson (Office of Environment and Heritage)
Fire management on the Western Cape: Tradition, science & building economic opportunity Gavin Kendall, Eddie Kendall & Peter Barker
Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council & Queensland Indigenous Land & Sea Ranger Program, Qld
Evidence for bark thickness as a fire resistance trait from desert to savanna in fire-‐prone inland Australia Professor Mike Lawes and Dr Catherine Nano
Charles Darwin University and The Department of Land Resource Management, NT
Investigating issues of implementing a strategic tenure-‐blind prescribed burning program in South Australia Tim Groves
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, SA
People, fire and landscape in the Bunya Mountains Mick Smith
Bunya Murri Rangers, Qld
Tracking recovery and vital attributes f flora species after severe wildfire, Warrumbungle National Park, north-‐western NSW Dr Penny Watson and Dr Elizabeth Tasker
Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW
Mechanical Fuel Load Reduction Trials John Samuel and Dr Fabiano Ximenes
Department of Primary Industry, NSW
Cultural fire management on the Sunshine Coast for the first time since traditional times Kerry Jones and Susie Chapman
Gubbi Gubbi Country Aboriginal Corporation and Healthy Waterways and Catchments, Qld
Fire effects on pollinators and pollination Julian Brown (S) and Associate Professor Alan York
University of Melbourne, Vic
1600 -‐ 1630 Afternoon Tea: Union Complex, Building 21C
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1630 -‐ 1735 THEME 1 continued: Fire and Risk Building: Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Cuong Tran (Ten Rivers)
THEME 2 continued: Cultural Burning and Traditional Custodian Fire Projects Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Bld 23 Chair: Oliver Costello (TBA)
THEME 4 continued: Fire Ecology Building: Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Dr Penny Watson (Office of Environment and Heritage)
Factors driving flammability in the mountainous forests of Victoria Dr Jane Cawson, Dr Thomas Duff, Dr Trent Penman & Associate Professor Kevin Tolhurst
University of Melbourne, Vic
Preliminary results from monitoring the responses of vertebrate groups to applying contemporary indigenous burning practices in northern NSW IPAs David Milledge
Landmark Ecological Services, NSW
Fire ecology of Brisbane’s eucalypt forests Dr Paul Williams, Dave Kington, Michelle Nash, Chandra Wood and Eleanor Collins
Vegetation Management Science, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Brisbane City Council, Qld
Law for Resilience to Bushfire in peri-‐urban Australia: A Tasmanian Case Study Joseph Wenta (S), Professor Jan McDonald & Dr Jeffrey McGee
University of Tasmania, Tas
TBC Vegetation boundary dynamics and relationships between fire severity and recruitment in a fire-‐sensitive heathland in the Gibson Desert Boyd Wright
Northern Territory Herbarium, NT
Initial findings on the Bushfire Convective Plume Experiment: Examining Pyroconvection with Portable Radar Nicolas McCarthy (S)
University of Queensland, Qld
Ornithogenic fire – Birds as propagators of fire in the Australian savanna Bob Gosford and Associate Professor Mark Bonta
Ethnoornithology Research Group and Penn State University, USA
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Thursday 29th September
0700 -‐ 1040 Registration
Aung San Suu Kyi Conference Centre, Union Complex Building 21C (Union Complex, Building 21C)
0845 -‐1010 PLENARY SESSION
Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Building 23
Chair: Dr Samantha Lloyd (SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium)
0845 Welcome and Opening
0900 Opening Address: Deputy Commissioner, Mike Wassing, Emergency Services Volunteers, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
0920 Keynote Presentation: Associate Professor Alan York, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne Fire, Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity
1010 -‐ 1040 Morning Tea: Union Complex, Building 21C
Navigating asset protection and biodiversity conservation objectives associated with fire management in Dry Sclerophyll Forest, City of Gold Coast Brooke Williams (S), Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson, Dr Luke Shoo and Dr Hawthorne Beyer
University of Queensland, Qld
1745 POSTER SESSION: Union Complex, Building 21C
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1040 -‐ 1250 THEME 5: Fire, Soil and Climate Change Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Chandra Wood (Brisbane City Council)
THEME 6: Maps and Models: Intelligent Fire Planning Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Bld 23 Chair: Joshua Bull (Fireland Consultancy)
THEME 7: Fire Management for Linear Infrastructure Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Steve Martin (Powerlink)
Comparing smoke pollution from prescribed and wildfires: do we have a problem? Dr Owen Price, Bronwyn Horsey and Phil Purdam
University of Wollongong and the Bureau of Meteorology, NSW
Can thermal imagery help inform landscape fire management and planning Shannon Mooney and Mik Petter
Healthy Waterways and Catchments, Qld
Lines Through the Bush’ -‐ Infrastructure Corridors and Fire Management: An SEQ Case Study and Factors to Consider Dr Mark Shuster & Paul Veivers
Meandu Mine, Qld
Long-‐term effects of frequent fire on above-‐ground carbon stocks and vegetation structure in a wet sclerophyll forest in south-‐east Queensland Dr Tom Lewis and Professor Chenrong Chen
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Griffith University, Qld
TERN: Data Infrastructure that enables fire management Associate Professor Nikki Thurgate, Dr Siddeswara Guru and Professor Tim Clancy
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network and the University of Queensland, Qld
The Coordinated Agency Model for Improved Roadside Fire Management Julian Selke
Department of Transport and Main Roads, Qld
Combating wetland burning – The ability of carbonate to supress combustion of organic soils Valerie Densmore
Department of Parks and Wildlife, WA
Science in practice: application of ecological metrics in strategic bushfire management planning Imogen Fraser and Andrew Blackett
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Vic
Corridor fires: What’s different? Dr Leasie Felderhof
Firescape Science, Qld
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Interactive relationships between fire frequency, insects and elemental cycling in Peachester State Forest Orpheus Butler (S), Professor Chenrong Chen, Professor Brendan Mackey, Dr Tom Lewis and Professor James J. Elser
Griffith University and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Qld
Modelling optimal growth stage distributions for biodiversity observation and ecosystem resilience Matthew Chick (S) and Associate Professor Alan York
University of Melbourne, Vic
Mahogany Glider movements near linear infrastructure Ben Saal
Powerlink, Qld
Environmental determinants of grass and shrub cover across a transitional climate region: Implications of climate change on fuel dynamics Dr Rebecca Gibson and Professor Ross Bradstock
Office of Environment and Heritage and the University of Wollongong, NSW
Fire is not fire – The next generation of TERN fire remote sensing datesets Stefan Maier
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network and the University of Queensland and Maitec, Qld
Electrical impacts of bushfires on transmission lines Tony Gillespie
Gillespie Power Consultancy, Qld
Estimating air emissions for natural fires in south east Queensland Rhiannon Tooker and Robin Smit
Department of Science, Information Technology and innovation, Qld
Playing with fire: The disparities with observed and model predictions of fuel loads Diana Virkki
Ten Rivers, Qld
The Tasmanian Bushfires of 2013 -‐ An Environmental Response Michael Emmett
Tasnetworks, Tas
1250 -‐ 1350 Lunch: Union Complex, Building 21C
1350 -‐ 1450 PLENARY SESSION
Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Building 23
Chair: TBC
Panel Discussion: TBA
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1450 -‐ 1550 THEME 8: Fire and Land Management Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Michael Reif (Sunshine Coast Council)
THEME 9: Fire, Threatened Species and Conservation Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Bld 23 Chair: Geoff Lundie-‐Jenkins (Qld Parks and Wildlife Service)
THEME 10: Fire in the Past: Essential Knowledge for Management Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Associate Professor Patrick Moss (University of Queensland)
Reflections on the NSW Bush Fire Environmental Assessment Code since 2006: Continuing to meet the need Dr Simon Heemstra and Jennie Cramp
Rural Fire Service, NSW
Fire management for conservation: Outcomes of AWC’s fire programs across northern Australia Dr John Kanowski
Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Qld
Late Quaternary fire regimes of Moon Point, Fraser Island Philip Stewart (S) and Associate Professor Patrick Moss
University of Queensland, Qld
National Burning Project Deborah Sparks and Greg Esnouf
Australian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council, Vic
How long is too long: The response of woody plants to inter-‐fire intervals in grassy forests of the Border Ranges, NSW Dr Elizabeth Tasker and Dr Penny Watson
Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW
Satellite imagery interpretation of current & past fire history information in the Upper Maranoa area of southern inland Queensland Peter Thompson and Rhonda Toms-‐Morgan
Queensland Murray Darling Committee, Qld
Using prescribed burns to achieve biodiversity outcomes through weed management Dr Kirsten Abley and Anthony Abley
Department of Environment, Water & Natural resources, SA
Planning, Implementing and evaluating fire management-‐ Recurrent issues and responses in a range of environments Murray Haseler
Bush Heritage Trust, Qld
The influence of time since last fire on the soil seedbank and woody understorey of temperate eucalypt forests Helen Vickers (S), Dr Craig Nitschke, Dr Thomas Duff and Dr Sabine Kasel
University of Melbourne, Vic
1550 -‐ 1620 Afternoon Tea: Union Complex, Building 21C
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1620 -‐ 1735 THEME 8 continued: Fire and Land Management Building 42, Room 216 Chair: Michael Reif (Sunshine Coast Council)
THEME 9 continued: Fire, Threatened Species & Conservation Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Bld 23 Chair: Geoff Lundie-‐Jenkins (Qld Parks and Wildlife Service)
THEME 10 continued: Fire in the Past: Essential Knowledge for Management Building 63, Room 348 Chair: Associate Professor Patrick Moss (University of Queensland)
Ecological ignitions: Suggestions on how to ignite ecologically beneficial fire in subtropical and tropical eucalypt forests Dr Paul Williams
Vegetation Management Science, Qld
Managing fire to help prevent the extinction of the Coastal Emu: A successful collaboration between Hotspots and a more traditional NRM project Mark Graham
Nature Conservation Council of NSW, NSW
A late Quaternary fire history of the Kimberley region, northwest Australia: new records from the Northern Kimberley Bioregion Emily Field (S), Associate Professor Patrick Moss and Professor Hamish McGowan
University of Queensland, Qld
Red Hot Tips: Building capability & capacity of private landholders to conduct planned burning Leanne Sherriff & Justin Cashion
Macquarie Franklin & Ground Proof Mapping, Tas
Relative effects of fire on fauna in fragmented grazing landscapes Dr Teresa Eyre
Queensland Herbarium
Fires in the past: An overview of late Quaternary burning patterns for eastern Australia Associate Professor Patrick Moss
University of Queensland, Qld
Fire behaviour in buffel grass dominated mine site rehabilitation in central Queensland, Australia Dr Phill McKenna & Dr Peter Erskine
University of Queensland, Qld
Overcoming critical ecological thresholds in fire-‐excluded ecosystems: Restoration of an endangered heathland in rapid transition to forest Andy Baker
Southern Cross University, NSW
Group Discussion Fires in the Past: Essential Knowledge for Management
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The effect of fire and rainfall in gross primary productivity in northern Australian savannas Barbara Bernal (S), Dr Andrew Edwards and Professor Lindsay Hutley
Charles Darwin University, NT
Burning an endangered species: importance of understanding habitat dynamics for Northern Eastern Bristlebird conservation Zoë Stone(S), Associate Professor Martine Maron and Dr Elizabeth Tasker
The University of Queensland and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
1740 -‐ 1755 CLOSING SESSION
Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Bld 23
Chairs: Dr Samantha Lloyd and Craig Welden (SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium)
1800
1830
Bar open to purchase pre dinner drinks
Bushfire 2016 Dinner: Union Complex, Building 21C
Friday 30th September
0620 -‐ 1700 Field Trip 1: North Stradbroke Island
0800 -‐ 1600 Field Trip 2: Sunshine Coast
Notes: The program may still undergo minor changes.
(S) = Student Presentation
Grey shaded presentations are ten minutes long with three minutes for questions
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